http://www.mail.com/int/subjects/506-health.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/int/subjects/506-health.html http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2102474-polish-man-quick-face-transplant-injury.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A 33-year-old Polish man received a face transplant just three weeks after being disfigured in a workplace accident, in what his doctors said Wednesday is the fastest time frame to date for such an operation. It was Poland's first face transplant. Face transplants are extraordinarily complicated and relatively rare procedures that us... Wed, 22 May 2013 20:18:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2102474-polish-man-quick-face-transplant-injury.html 2013-05-22T20:18:22Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2103480-glaxo-us-partnering-to-develop-antibiotics.html LONDON (AP) — GlaxoSmithKline PLC says it's starting an unusual collaboration with the U.S. government to develop several antibiotics for both bioterrorism threats and bacterial infections resistant to current medicines. Antibiotic resistance will become a global crisis, experts predict, because most drug companies have cut investment in antibiotics. Inst... Wed, 22 May 2013 18:27:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2103480-glaxo-us-partnering-to-develop-antibiotics.html 2013-05-22T18:27:50Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2099986-france-drugmaker-trial-suspected-deaths.html NANTERRE, France (AP) — The makers of a diabetes and weight loss drug suspected in the deaths of hundreds of people went on trial Tuesday, facing charges they misled the public about the product's safety. But after years of delays in one of France's biggest recent health scandals, the proceedings could still be pushed back further. Between 1976 and 2009, ... Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2099986-france-drugmaker-trial-suspected-deaths.html 2013-05-21T17:37:57Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2100402-germanys-sap-to-recruit-tech-staff-with-autism.html BERLIN (AP) — German software giant SAP AG said Tuesday it plans to recruit people with autism to take make full use of their talents to process information. Autism is a developmental disorder characterized by difficulties in communicating, emotional detachment and rigid or repetitive behavior. But some people with mild autism can perform complex mathemat... Tue, 21 May 2013 17:31:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2100402-germanys-sap-to-recruit-tech-staff-with-autism.html 2013-05-21T17:31:35Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2097482-boston-cardinal-skips-event-irish-pms-role.html BOSTON (AP) — Cardinal Sean O'Malley skipped Boston College's commencement Monday to protest its decision to honor Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, who backs legislation to permit abortion, and the cardinal's views were echoed outside the ceremony by a few dozen anti-abortion activists. The protesters gathered at an entrance to the stadium where Kenny gav... Tue, 21 May 2013 02:46:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2097482-boston-cardinal-skips-event-irish-pms-role.html 2013-05-21T02:46:46Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2097486-measles-surges-uk-years-flawed.html LONDON (AP) — More than a decade ago, British parents refused to give measles shots to at least a million children because of now discredited research that linked the vaccine to autism. Now, health officials are scrambling to catch up and stop a growing epidemic of the contagious disease. This year, the U.K. has had more than 1,200 cases of measles, after... Mon, 20 May 2013 14:35:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2097486-measles-surges-uk-years-flawed.html 2013-05-20T14:35:54Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2094928-vilanova-returning-to-ny-cancer-treatment.html BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova will return to New York next week to "undergo further cancer treatment" after having a second tumor in two years removed from his throat in December. The club says Vilanova will be given "pioneering treatment" from Monday to Friday that was originally scheduled for this summer but was moved forward aft... Sat, 18 May 2013 13:08:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2094928-vilanova-returning-to-ny-cancer-treatment.html 2013-05-18T13:08:49Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2093752-crucial-evidence-to-secret-litvinenko-probe.html LONDON (AP) — A coroner overseeing a British inquest into the 2006 poisoning death of Alexander Litvinenko ruled Friday he has to exclude evidence on whether the Russian state was involved in the killing, drawing bitter criticism from the former Russian security agent's widow and adding further doubts to an already much-delayed probe. In his ruling Friday... Fri, 17 May 2013 20:17:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2093752-crucial-evidence-to-secret-litvinenko-probe.html 2013-05-17T20:17:48Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2093564-the-audience-to-us-nursing.html NEW YORK (AP) — A special audience will get to see Helen Mirren onstage next month in London in the play "The Audience" — some retired show business veterans in a New Jersey nursing home. The live cinema event company BY Experience said Friday it will show a live performance of Peter Morgan's play with residents of the The Lillian Booth Actors Home in New... Fri, 17 May 2013 17:45:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2093564-the-audience-to-us-nursing.html 2013-05-17T17:45:09Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2092746-23-dead-initiation-rites-south-africa.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Twenty-three youths have died in the past nine days at initiation ceremonies that include circumcisions and survival tests, South African police said Friday. Police have opened 22 murder cases in the deaths in the northeastern province of Mpumalanga, according to spokesman Lt. Col. Leonard Hlathi. He said an inquest is being held into ... Fri, 17 May 2013 15:48:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2092746-23-dead-initiation-rites-south-africa.html 2013-05-17T15:48:15Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2092702-who-single-yellow-fever-shot.html GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization says a yellow fever booster vaccination given 10 years after the initial shot isn't necessary. The U.N.'s global health agency said Friday that its expert group on immunization believes a single dose of vaccination is sufficient to confer lifelong immunity against the disease. The Geneva-based body says only 12 ... Fri, 17 May 2013 09:10:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2092702-who-single-yellow-fever-shot.html 2013-05-17T09:10:01Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2087664-us-approves-radiation-based-prostate-cancer-drug.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new injectable drug that uses radiation to treat advanced prostate cancer that has spread to the bones. The FDA said Wednesday it approved the drug, Xofigo from Bayer Pharmaceuticals, for men whose cancer has grown into bone tumors even after receiving medication or surgery to lower te... Wed, 15 May 2013 16:31:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2087664-us-approves-radiation-based-prostate-cancer-drug.html 2013-05-15T16:31:21Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2083990-eu-court-finds-swiss-assisted-suicide-laws-vague.html GENEVA (AP) — An elderly Swiss woman who would rather end her life now than decline further in health found sympathy Tuesday from the European Court of Human Rights, which called on the Swiss to clarify their laws on so-called passive assisted suicide. The Strasbourg, France-based court said Switzerland must specify whether its laws are meant to include p... Tue, 14 May 2013 17:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2083990-eu-court-finds-swiss-assisted-suicide-laws-vague.html 2013-05-14T17:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2083894-angelina-jolies-double-mastectomy-qa.html Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie disclosed Tuesday that she had a preventive mastectomy after learning she had a gene mutation that significantly raised her risk of breast cancer. A look at the procedure: Q: What kind of surgery did Jolie have? A: Jolie had a preventive double mastectomy, meaning she chose to have both her breasts removed even though ... Tue, 14 May 2013 17:15:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2083894-angelina-jolies-double-mastectomy-qa.html 2013-05-14T17:15:07Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2084476-turkish-womb-transplant-patient-loses-baby.html ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A hospital says a Turkish woman who was the first to get pregnant with a transplanted donor womb has had her pregnancy terminated. Derya Sert was born without a womb and had one transplanted in August 2011. The 22-year-old became pregnant after doctors placed an embryo into her womb, using one of her own eggs.  A statement from Akden... Tue, 14 May 2013 14:48:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2084476-turkish-womb-transplant-patient-loses-baby.html 2013-05-14T14:48:18Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2083806-higher-prices-ms-drug-help-drug-firm-merck.html FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Higher prices for its multiple sclerosis drug Rebif helped German pharmaceutical and high-tech materials company Merck KGaA post a 54 percent rise in first-quarter profit. Merck also saw stronger sales of materials for liquid-crystal displays and raised its profit forecast, saying it would achieve its 2014 goals this year. Its op... Tue, 14 May 2013 09:47:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2083806-higher-prices-ms-drug-help-drug-firm-merck.html 2013-05-14T09:47:51Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2082154-hospital-to-probe-east-german-medical-trials.html BERLIN (AP) — Berlin's renowned Charite hospital said Monday it plans to investigate allegations that patients in communist East Germany were used as unwitting guinea pigs in medical trials for Western drug companies. Claims that the dictatorship allowed tests that would have been considered unethical or even illegal in the West were first made shortly af... Mon, 13 May 2013 19:18:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2082154-hospital-to-probe-east-german-medical-trials.html 2013-05-13T19:18:06Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2081876-un-eat-insects-good-you-good-world.html ROME (AP) — The latest weapon in the U.N.'s fight against hunger, global warming and pollution might be flying by you right now. Edible insects are being promoted as a low-fat, high-protein food for people, pets and livestock. According to the U.N., they come with appetizing side benefits: Reducing greenhouse gas emissions and livestock pollution, creatin... Mon, 13 May 2013 15:14:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2081876-un-eat-insects-good-you-good-world.html 2013-05-13T15:14:42Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2081832-2-viruses-spark-global-outbreaks.html LONDON (AP) — Two respiratory viruses in different parts of the world have captured the attention of global health officials — a novel coronavirus in the Middle East and a new bird flu spreading in China. Last week, the coronavirus related to SARS spread to France, where one patient who probably caught the disease in Dubai infected his hospital roommate. ... Mon, 13 May 2013 14:48:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2081832-2-viruses-spark-global-outbreaks.html 2013-05-13T14:48:40Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2081506-bangladesh-collapse-survivor-up-garment-work.html SAVAR, Bangladesh (AP) — The 19-year-old seamstress who spent 17 days trapped in the rubble of a collapsed factory building said Monday that she will never again work in a Bangladesh garment factory. Reshma Begum was pulled in remarkably good shape from the wreckage of the eight-story Rana Plaza building on Friday. Stunned rescue workers were drawn to the... Mon, 13 May 2013 14:42:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2081506-bangladesh-collapse-survivor-up-garment-work.html 2013-05-13T14:42:37Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2079988-france-confirms-2nd-case-sars-related-virus.html PARIS (AP) — France has confirmed a second case of a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS, authorities said Sunday, as they increased efforts to inform the public about how to avoid the illness and watch for its signs. A hospital roommate of the 65-year-old man who initially contracted the virus tested positive for the illness. The second patient'... Sun, 12 May 2013 18:08:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2079988-france-confirms-2nd-case-sars-related-virus.html 2013-05-12T18:08:44Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2079922-pope-francis-church-hundreds-saints.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday gave the Catholic Church new saints, including hundreds of 15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam, as he led his first canonization ceremony Sunday in a packed St. Peter's Square. The "Martyrs of Otranto" were 813 Italians who were slain in the southern Italian city in 1480 for de... Sun, 12 May 2013 13:15:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2079922-pope-francis-church-hundreds-saints.html 2013-05-12T13:15:42Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2078718-syria-linked-group-blamed-turkey-blasts-43-die.html REYHANLI, Turkey (AP) — In one of the deadliest attacks in Turkey in recent years, two car bombs exploded near the border with Syria on Saturday, killing 43 and wounding 140 others. Turkish officials blamed the attack on a group linked to Syria, and a deputy prime minister called the neighboring country's intelligence service and military "the usual suspects." ... Sat, 11 May 2013 20:23:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2078718-syria-linked-group-blamed-turkey-blasts-43-die.html 2013-05-11T20:23:51Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2078722-suspicious-french-case-sars-related-virus.html PARIS (AP) — France's health minister says tests on three suspected cases of a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS are negative — but a fourth needs complementary tests and a fifth suspected case has been discovered. Marisol Touraine said test results of the two remaining suspicious cases — people who had close contact with France's only confirme... Sat, 11 May 2013 11:48:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2078722-suspicious-french-case-sars-related-virus.html 2013-05-11T11:48:21Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2077926-cardinal-skipping-graduation-irish-pms-views.html BOSTON (AP) — Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley said Friday that he won't attend Boston College's graduation because the Jesuit school's commencement speaker, Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, supports legislation to permit abortion. The bill allows abortion if a doctor authorizes it to save a women's life. Opponents say the bill would lead to widespread abort... Fri, 10 May 2013 22:58:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2077926-cardinal-skipping-graduation-irish-pms-views.html 2013-05-10T22:58:34Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2076146-3-suspected-cases-sars-related-virus-france.html PARIS (AP) — French health officials said Friday they are investigating three suspected cases of a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS, in people who had close contact in the hospital with France's only confirmed case. Beatrice Degrugillers, a spokeswoman for the regional health agency in France's Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, said a nurse at the ho... Fri, 10 May 2013 12:07:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2076146-3-suspected-cases-sars-related-virus-france.html 2013-05-10T12:07:09Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2076314-body-parts-surgery-buried-poland.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish prosecutors say they are questioning a man suspected of burying body parts and other medical waste instead of delivering them for incineration. A prosecutor in Chorzow, in southern Poland, Marta Zawada-Dybek said Friday that the man, identified as Marek M., has confessed to burying body parts, syringes, bandages and other was... Fri, 10 May 2013 10:39:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2076314-body-parts-surgery-buried-poland.html 2013-05-10T10:39:43Z